Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke shot into the public eye after being cast as Daenerys Targaryen in HBO’s ultra-successful Game of Thrones, and she has been a media darling ever since, shoring up her resume with a Broadway debut in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and a future appearance in Terminator: Genesis. On screen, she’s a powerful, ambitious, self-confident ruler out to regain command of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros; off-screen, she’s a successful, talented, down-to-earth woman with immense talent. When she was auditioning for her role on Game of Thrones, she got nervous and spontaneously broke out into dance, including the Robot and the Funky Chicken. That says all we’ll ever need to know about her.